Within the next twelve months, the Philippine peso, which last week weakened to 41.690 against the US dollar, is expected to bounce back and appreciate to as high as 37.50. This is the projection made Read More
Starting May 31, the Department of Trade and Industry will accept business name registration payments online. The DTI recently signed an agreement with BancNet and DBP making these two banking entities its e-payment partners Read More
(first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sunday Biz, May 26, 2013) Is there such a thing as entrepreneurial genes? Can business skills be learned in school? Can entrepreneurship be sustained by passion? If the Read More
Martin, Finley and Ward in “Effective Communication on the Job” give some don’ts in effective business writing: Don’t beg. You are not asking for a handout. So don’t beg. You are not a king, so Read More
(first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer) by Myrna R. Co In this age of quick word processing, on-screen editing, and automatic grammar and spell checks, some things have not changed. We still have to Read More
The Department of Agriculture (DA) recently issued an executive order that seeks to curb the smuggling of meat by unscrupulous entrepreneurs. DA’s Administrative Order No. 9 raised the minimum capital requirement for meat importers to Read More
The highlight of the Annual General Membership meeting of the Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation (SERDEF) held yesterday, May 15, was a presentation of the Foundation’s major research projects conducted in 2012 by the Read More
In the wake of NEDA statistics showing the poor are still with us, the Philippines was cited as a “rising star” in the backdrop of a gloomy world economy by credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Read More
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) recently announced that starting May this year, electric power consumers will enjoy cuts in billings at the rate of 12 centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh). For households consuming 100 and Read More
This is the age of connectivity. Companies are being urged to connect with all their publics– their customers, employees, suppliers, business associates, the community they work with – in a personal way. Social media is Read More
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